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Download full textWildemuth, Barbara M., Comp. – 1977
Due to the current legislative trend toward competency-based education, and the accompanying minimal competency testing, a variety of local school districts and state education agencies are concurrently developing programs to meet the standards set by their state's legislation. This selective bibliography was compiled in order to aid those…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Equivalency Tests
Guglielmino, Lucy Madsen; Byran, Valerie C. – 1990
This resource book provides information on developing a workplace literacy program, descriptions of Florida Workplace Literacy Programs, and an annotated bibliography of resources. An introduction discusses the problem of basic skills deficiencies, projections that indicate the problem will increase, the Florida context, and benefits realized when…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Demonstration Programs
CEMREL, Inc., St. Louis, MO. – 1979
Approximately 100 items are included in this bibliography on competency based education and minimal competency testing. These items, which are arranged in alphabetical order, by title or author, include bibliographies, conference proceedings, monographs, position papers, journal articles, program descriptions, speeches, resource guides, and state…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
Williams, Warren S.; Beard, Joseph W. – 1983
This review of literature from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database is the second volume on the topic of testing and assessment for the counseling professional; the first volume was published in 1979. The sections on minimum competency tests identify issues of current interest, e.g., the basic issue of definition; the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
Hawisher, Margaret F. – 1979
An annotated bibliography on minimum competency testing is arranged by subtopics: overview; basic skills; compensatory education; competencies; cost effectiveness; curriculum; district programs; graduation requirements; handicapped students; legal aspects; readiness; reading; writing; state programs; teacher education; tests; math; and testing.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Competency Based Teacher Education
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1991
The five matrices in this volume are designed to assist states in coordinating their Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) programs. The matrices, each organized around a theme, summarize key elements of a variety of federal programs. Matrix A features the main programs of human services, labor, and education agencies that are most critical to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Basic Skills, Cooperative Programs
Tractenberg, Paul L. – 1977
About half the states in the U.S., either by legislative or administrative action, have moved toward the imposition of statewide performance standards in their elementary and secondary schools. Typically these standards pertain to the basic skills--reading, mathematical computation, and written and oral expression. Almost all of these programs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Basic Skills
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1977
Minimim standards and basic skills assessment activities at the federal, state, and local school district level, as of September 1977, are summarized, indicating the broad range and variety that exists nationwide. Minimal competency testing is mandated by law in eleven states: California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
Seeber, Suzanne R. – 1983
This volume consists of resource listings and summaries of the status of the use of microcomputers in the various disciplines of vocational education in secondary and postsecondary level programs throughout Kansas. Provided in the first part of the document are discussions of the use of microcomputers in agricultural, vocational business,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills
